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very sorry for the lack of updates, i'm just pure lazy and very caught up with amazing crafty, d.i.y, inspiration blogs filled with gorgeous pictures. ahhh the joy of looking at pretty things ! will link them up at the side bar :)
okayyy so random updates

#1 went to batu caves with my cousin bro, adik and a friend for thaipusam ! we didn't climb the stairs into the cave because it was really really packed. there's this carnival atmosphere there with a lot of stalls selling food, drinks, punjabi suits etc etc.
it was an eye opener to observe the whole celebration, the people carrying those huge colourful kavadis, people getting their hair shaved and all the body piercing. no live action of people getting pieced though, which i was looking forward to but everything that was going on at the place was so new and interesting ! and not to forget the place is so cooling and the cave looks magnificent from the outside ! will make another trip there to explore the inside of the cave :)

#2 ahhh yes chinese new year ! well this year there's a long holiday building up to the actual celebration so when the first day of cny comes the excitement wears off a little already. as usual, after a simple reunion dinner at home, we went to the village temple to pray and watch the lion dance performance when the clock strikes 12, followed by non-stop free fireworks display ! ahhh so nice to just stand there and watch those beautiful fireworks and the weather was so windy and cooling ! bliss.

the rest of cny was the usual eat, drink, collect ang pow, catch up with cousins uncle aunties. this year i actually ate very very little meat during cny. i don't know why but when i see all those dishes of chicken cooked in various styles, roast pork, roast duck and all on the table the only dishes that looked appealing to me was the vegetables and the soup. that's all. it's not that the other dishes didn't look delicious, they do ! they taste even better i'm very suree but mehhhh way too much meat i only want to eat vege and drink soup. come to think of it cny this year was rather simple for me, not much visiting, not much eating, didn't gamble but still alot of snacking and spent quality times with the family and cousins !

oh ! we went mamak-ing on the second night! after releasing kong ming lanterns at the field, one uncle suggested to check out this mamak stall in the village. nobody knows the existence of that mamak stall not even my cousin who lives opposite the place where it is situated. its a chinese village after all and we were the only chinese there that night. first time mamak-ing with the cousins ! even my grandmother joined us ! so much fun !

boys and girls, this is how a rubber estate looks like !
on the third day of cny, everybody was lazing around at my aunt's place after lunch, and then my other aunties wanted to visit this rubber estate where my aunt work at. soooo a bunch of us hopped into 2 cars and off we go !

rubber latex
my grandmother was a rubber tapper in the earlier days, my mum and most of my aunties followed my grandmother to tape rubber when they were young. soooo going to a rubber estate after so manny years must have been very nostalgic for them, they started telling stories of their adventures in the rubber estate.

my mother the professional fire maker
the place was heavily infested with mosquitoes my mummy made a fire. according to her the smoke from the fire make the mosquitoes go away and she was so right ! it worked better than mosquito repellent incense. after early dinner that day my family and i went back to kl, thank god the traffic wasn't very bad. cny celebration continues in kl with lots of snacking at home.

#3 terrariums i made !
i saw this at one of those inspiration blogs i mentioned and fell in love with them ! haaha they're sooo pretty i have to made some for myself. surprisingly they can last for quite long. new shoots grew on the second week, and they're going into the 4th week now. i didn't give them much attention after the second week, didn't let them get some sun so the new shoots are wilting. anyways
here's the tutorial !

#4 jasper looking happy wearing the cone of shameee at the vet !
so i guess most of you already know jasper was admitted for purging blood, vomiting and being stubborn ! well being stubborn sure does involve in the process of getting admitted. this little thing wouldn't eat the pills given after the first visit to the vet and she got so so so weak she didn't respond to greenies ! greenies = jasper's fav snack = jasper worship them=jasper's god in all seriousness, i'm not exaggerating. so that was how bad her condition was, everybody in the house got so worried, the 3rd morning we got her admitted. anyways she's all good now ! so no worries ! if everything goes well she's coming home tomorrow !! the house is so quite without her around.
okay that's all ! phew. uni starts tomorrowww ! i'm excited and nervous ! need to go pack my pencil case and my school bag ! haahah ! okay not funny
oh, goodluck to those getting their stpm results tmr !
byeeeeeeeee !